Over-expression of the stress-induced OsWRKY45 enhances disease resistance and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-47

  Qiu, Yuping ^a,b   Yu, Diqiu ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress response; Abscisic acid; Drought tolerance; OsWRKY45

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; HERB; HORMONE; PATHOGEN; RICE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SIGNALING;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. TOMATO; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE PV. ORYZAE;

EID: 57249084288     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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